The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Bends

Sea Terms

The thickest planks on the vessel's outboard side, and to which the knees, beams, etc., are bolted; also the ribs of a vessel. (See Wales.) The midship bend is that at the broadest part of the ship. (See Dead Flat, Part II.)

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